Microbiology Secretary

Job summary

To provide a comprehensive secretarial service to the Consultant Pathologists and their medical teams, Departmental Service Managers and their teams of Biomedical Scientists, Pathology Quality Team, Nurse Specialists, Directorate, Departmental and some Trust-wide committees

Main duties of the job

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached detailed Job description and Person Specification for Microbiology Secretary role.

Person specification

Our Values

Essential

• We are Kind
• We are Open
• We are Inclusive

Qualifications

Essential

• RSA/OCRIII typing or equivalent
• Work processing skills
• Audio-typing skills
• Knowledge of medical terminology

Desirable

• AMSPAR or equivalent experience
• Shorthand skills/speed writing

Experience

Essential

• 2 years' experience as medical secretary
• Excellent IT skills with knowledge of experience of Microsoft office products

Desirable

• Previous experience within the NHS

Skills

Essential

• Self-motivated and able to work with limited supervision
• Ability to manage difficult/sensitive situations
• Able to use own initiative and manage/prioritise own workload
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to accurately maintain computerised and manual filing/documentation system
• Ability to work as part of a team

Desirable

• Knowledge of Hospital IT systems

Other

Essential

• Able to work the hours and duties required by the post
• Able to adopt flexible approach when required
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to build and maintain good working relationships within a team
• Comply with Trust policies and procedures
• Understanding of confidential nature of role and awareness of Data Protection Act
• Ability to withstand pressures of work